[NOTE: This article was written in May 2020 for a professor specializing in civil & environmental engineering. It was never published and is therefore being used here for my professional portfolio.]
Roads and bridges are the circulatory system—the arteries, veins, and capillaries—that make the supply and transporting of goods and services, the lifeblood of the country’s economy, possible. During the coronavirus crisis there has been much talk of the importance and vulnerability of supply chains. But the infrastructure is what holds the links of supply chains together, and without a strong infrastructure those links will come apart. This is true both at the federal and state levels. Continue reading “Rebuilding Louisiana’s Economy Through Sustainable Infrastructure”